Down-spout.



L. SAFFIAN.

DOWN SPOUT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 1e, |916.

Patented Jan. 30, 1917.

DOWNSPOUT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented aan. se, mit..6

Application filed September 16, 1916. Serial No. 120,519.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, LEON SAFFIAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDown-Spouts; and I do hereby declare the following to be a lull, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to water distribution, and more especially todownsspouts; and the object ot the same isto provide means whereby adown-spout can be cleaned out when it has become choked as with leaves,etc. rIhis object I accomplish by inserting into the run of the spout askeleton section, and surrounding the same with a slidable sleeve,preferably having a vent orilice to permit the outlet of water in acongested spout without causing it to bank up therein and leak outagainst the adjacent wall.

The invention is applicable to spouts of various sizes and shapes asillustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein z- Figure 1 is a frontelevation of a corrugated spout of this improved construction, with theopening therein closed, Fi. 2 is a front elevation of a cylindricalspout with the sleeve raised to uncover the opening, 3 is a verticalsection through the spout shown in Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a horizontalsection on about the line 4 4 of Fig. 2.

Only a portion of the down-spout needs to be considered, and in thedrawings I have shown an upper section 1 which leads down from theeaves-trough, and a lower section 2 directly beneath and alined with theupper section and leading down to any suitable waste, such as the sewer.The upper end of the lower section is shown as y having a bell mouth 3which produces an upwardly facing internal shoulder 4, and within thissection beneath such shoulder is any suitable form of spider, shown inFigs. 3 4 as a number of rods 5 across the section although I would notbe limited as to this detail. Resting removably on the spider a strainer6 is shown in Fig. 4, and it is quite obvious that this strainer couldbe replaced by one of liner or coa'rser mesh as desired, its purposebeing to prevent leaves from running down the spout and choking theSewer or the trap which connects the down-spout with the sewer. However,the strainer may be omitted if desired.

Between-the sections 1 and 2 is disposed what I call a skeleton section10, the same being shown as having side arms l1 connected at their upperends with the upper section 1, passing down inside and spaced from thebell mouth 3, extending past the shoulder 4, and secured in any suitablemanner as at 12 within the lower section 2. I have shown but two ofthese side arms,

leaving a large opening 13 between them,

brace the arms 11 and pass down into the bell mouth 3 onto the shoulder4, and the length of this sleeve is such that when it is so disposed asseen in F ig. 1 it completely covers the opening 13 through the skeletonsection and entends for some distance up onto the upper run of the pipe.When slipped upward as seen in Fig. 2, it may abut against a joint orbead 16 in the upper section, and its lower end stands above the opening13 as shown. preference provided with a vent hole 17, and over the sameI preferably mount a nipple or spout 18, and the vent is so disposedthat it comes opposite the opening 13 when the sleeve is depressed. i

In use, this down-spout is built as usual, its upper run being connectedwith the eaves and the lower section with the sewer or waste, and itsskeleton section is built in as the run of pipe is erected, the sleevebeing placed thereon at the time. When now this sleeve is depressed asseen in Fig. 1, the entire down-*spout is intact and water flows down itas usual. If a strainer is employed, leaves or the like would catchthereon so that they do not pass into the sewer. In time they mayaccumulate to such an extent 'Ihe upper end ot' the skeleton section fThis sleeve is by that the spout will become congested and choked, andduring some heavy rain water will bank up above the leaves within thesleeve 15, and run out theyvent. This gives the owner notice that thedown-spout needs attention, and yet he is advised of this fact ately hedepresses the sleeve to its original position with its lower end insidethe bell mouth and the down-spout resumes its proper function.

It will be seen that the strainer serves the double purpose ofpreventing` leaves from getting'into the sewer or the trap, andcausing,` the leaves to accumulate to such an eX- tent as to form a damor plug` and purposely produce an overliow through the vent. rlhe nozzleinclosing the latter directs the overflowing` water away from thedown-spout and the house. rlhe vent therefore performs the doublefunction of preventing trapped water from banking up in the run of thedown-spout and flowing out its joints, and also it gives visual noticewhen a plug has formed on the spider. The arms of the skeleton sectionperform the important function of rigidly connecting the upper and lowersections and holding them in strict alinement so that the sleeve can beslid either way with ease, and also they constitute guides for saidsleeve and direct its lower end accurately into the bell mouth when itis moved downward.

That is claimed as new is:

1. A down-spout comprising,` an upper section, a lower section having,`a. shoulder and a bell mouth above it, and a skeleton section secured atits upper end to the upper section and having arms extending down pastthe bell mouth and shoulder of the lower section and secured within thebody of the latter; combined with a sleeve slidably mounted on the upperand skeleton sections with its lower end adapted to enter said bellmouth when the sleeve is depressed, he body of the latter having a ventopening, a nozzle surrounding the same, a spider wit iin the lowersection below its shoulder, and a strainer removably mounted on saidspider.

2. A down-spout comprising an upper section, a lower section having ashoulder and a bell mouth above it, and a skeleton section secured atits upper end to the upper section and having' arms extending down pastthe bell mouth and shoulder of the lower section and secured within thebody of the latter; combined with a sleeve slida bly mounted on theupper and skeleton sections with its lower end adapted to enter saidbell mouth and rest on the shoulder when the sleeve is depressed, thebody of the latter having a vent opening', and a strainer within thelower section below its shoulder.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEON SAFFIAN.

lVitnesses N. L. CoLLAMnn, A. GALBLUM.

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